Seref Amar's 
earned a knockout as he made the wheel on the 
board. His opponent Aziz Efe was narrowly covered as the stacks were counted but the 
were no good to send Efe to the rail just shy of making Day 2.
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195,000 | 195,000 | |||
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Busted |
Nicolas Chouity check-called a bet by Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy on the 
flop and the 
turn was checked. Chouity bet the 
river for 7,000 and Merzhvinskiy surrendered. It was just a small pot for Chouity but he has amassed a big stack so far, which only trails the tower in front of Fahredin Mustafov on the same table.
"Jack nine?" Mustafov inquired and Chouity replied "there is no jack in my hand" while dragging in the chips and enjoying a massage.
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580,000 | 30,000 | ||
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540,000 | 280,000 | ||
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145,000 | -85,000 | ||
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110,000 | -120,000 |
On a three-way flop of 
, Vytautas Semaska bet 5,000 in the small blind and Thom Greben called in the hijack. Erik Bauer raised to 20,000 in the cutoff and Semaska then reraised to 60,000. Greben folded and so did Bauer.
"I will show if you show," Bauer offered and Semaska instead suggested they both show one card. Bauer revealed the 
and Semaska flashed the . "I am glad you showed that card," Bauer replied and then put his opponent on king-nine.
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270,000 | 270,000 | ||
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175,000 | 175,000 | ||
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165,000 | -5,000 |
Heads-up action on the 
flop saw Nikolay Fal and Jacques Torbey invest 8,000 each. They checked the 
turn and Fal then bet the river for 8,000.
"Will you show if I fold? How much are you playing?" Torbey inquired. Fal revealed he had 100,000 behind and Torbey folded with the words "okay, take it." Fal returned the favour and flashed the 
before collecting the pot.
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180,000 | 70,000 | ||
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135,000 | -60,000 |
"He bluffed the previous time and showed. He showed again and it still works," Bart Lybaert joked as Ivan Zakharov raked in the pot. Zakharov bet the 
turn for 55,000 into 120,000 and his opponent surrendered. Zakharov revealed 
for a cheeky bluff and jumped above the average,
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410,000 | 120,000 | ||
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290,000 | 25,000 |
The three-way flop showed 
and Fadi Alakzam announced a bet of 6,600 in the cutoff. Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina called in the small blind and both players then opted to check down the 
turn. The 
river brought no action either and Alakzam tabled as the winning hand.
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210,000 | 10,000 | ||
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145,000 | 40,000 |
Following a flop of 
, Mihai Niste checked his option in the cutoff and Remi Wyrzykiewicz made it 6,500 to go on the button. Niste then check-raised to 19,000 and earned a call by Wyrzykiewicz. Niste also fired the turn for 27,000 and Wyrzykiewicz stuck around.
The river completed the board and Niste then bet 75,000 with around 100,000 behind. Wyrzykiewicz studied his opponent and the board for some time before sending the cards into the muck.
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280,000 | 50,000 | ||
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245,000 | 100,000 |
Among others, it appears that two players have already cracked more than half a million in chips but there doesn't seem to be a runaway chip leader yet. The final level of the night has just commenced.
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550,000 | 175,000 | ||
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510,000 | 295,000 | ||
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500,000 | |||
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450,000 | 50,000 | ||
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440,000 | 140,000 |
Down to just 21,000, Ivan Zhechev moved all-in and was called by Thom Greben on the button.
Zhechev tabled 
while Greben had the overcards in . The mighty pair held on the 
board.
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170,000 | 30,000 | ||
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50,000 | 50,000 |
